Big reunion for youth club members from 1960s and 70s

Stepping back in time!

by PAUL HERBERT (This article appeared in the Bristol Evening Post on Friday, August 2nd 1996.) Preparing for the sponsored walk to Bath

RAMBLING: An outing in about 1969-70 with Mike Christmas, (third from left); Chris Hall (fifth from left); the late Fred Manning, (fifth from right); Paul Brooks, (third from right); Jeff Bonner, (second right) and Alan Propert, (far right).

The search is on for members of a north Bristol youth club that boomed in the 1960s and 70s to take part in a reunion.

A big party is being planned in the Spring for old friends from Argyle Youth Club. The club was based at Argyle Congregational Church in Whitefield Road, Fishponds. In its heyday from 1968 -1973, members went on sponsored walks and did 24 hour table tennis marathons. There were club rambles to Cheddar Gorge and Chew Magna. Innocence And some members became involved with the church and Sunday school, organising outings for younger children and helping with old folks teas. The club was led by the late Fred Manning, whose wife, Maisie, was a Sunday School teacher. Former member, Paul Brooks said, " As the years passed I often wondered how all those fresh faced teenagers had coped with the ups and downs that life had surely thrown at them. How had we all changed since those days of innocence?"

Mr. Brooks, who now lives in Manchester, recently met up with another ex-member living in the area, Mike Christmas, and the pair decided to organise the reunion. Philip Ashdown, managing director of the Evening Post's sister transport company, EG Tucker, was also a member and is helping to organise the event.. The venue and exact date for the get-together have yet to be fixed.

Anyone interested in attending the reunion should contact Mr. Ashdown, Mr. Brooks or Mr. Christmas.

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